Dryer hood



Oct. 24, 1967 c. R. REISS ETAL 3,3483% DRYER HOOD Filed June 20, 1965 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR5 CARROLL R. REISS ARTHUR W. FORBRIGER BYM JC/ ATTORNEYS d- 1957 l c. R. REISS ETAL 3,348,335

DRYER HOOD 7 Filed June 20, 1963 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS CARROLL I?REISS ARTHUR W. FORBFrIG ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,348,316 DRYERH901) Carroll R. Reiss, Green Township, Hamilton County, and Arthur W.Forbriger, Silver-ton, Ohio, assignors to The Realistic Company,Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Filed June 20, 1963, Ser. No.289,302 1 Claim. (Cl. 34-99) This invention relates to a hood for adryer such as a hair dryer or the like.

Certain forms of hair dryers include an inner domeshaped member havingperforations therein and an outer dome-shaped member with a spacetherebetween into which warm, dry air is introduced to be dischargedthrough the openings around a head inside the inner dome. It isdesirable that the outer dome comprise more than a half of a sphere. Anobject of this invention is to provide a dryer of this type in which theouter member forms half a sphere, and an extension of the sphere isprovided by a lip, which is a portion of the inner member.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this sortin which an inlet duct is attached to the outer member adjacent the edgethereof and in which a retaining band, which holds the inner and outermembers in assembly, is adjacent the air inlet to reinforce the materialof the outer shell at the inlet.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will beapparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertainsfrom the following detailed description, and the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan View of a hood for a dryer constructed in accordancewith an embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a view in section taken on the line 22 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the dryer hood illustrated in FIGS. 1 and2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view in rear elevation of a buckleportion of the belt;

FIG. 5 is a view in section taken on the line 55 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section showingone of a pair of dies for use in forming the inner portion of the hood;and

FIG. 7 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of asecond die for use in forming the inner portion.

In the following detailed description and the drawings, like referencecharacters indicate like parts.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, inclusive, is shown a dryer hood constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of this invention. The dryer hood includesan outer domed member 10 and an inner domed member 12. The outer domedmember is substantially hemispheric in shape and includes an outwardlyextending conduit 14 communicating with the interior thereof. A hollowsupport arm 16 can be attached to the conduit 14, and other portions ofa dryer, not shown, can be attached to the support arm 16 in order todirect heated dry air into the interior of the outer mem- 3,348,316Patented Oct. 24, 1967 ber 10. An annular outwardly extending flange 17is formed at the lower edge of the outer member 10.

The inner member 12 has a central or main portion 18 which isdome-shaped and an intermediate portion 18a which is cylindrical andterminates in a return bent flange 19 which extends upwardly andoutwardly from a lower edge of the inner portion. An outwardly extendingflange 20 on the outer edge of the return bent flange 19 of the innermember 12 is of the same dimensions as the flange of the outer member 10so that, when the inner and outer members are assembled, achannel-shaped band 21 can be mounted in engagement with the flanges 17and 20 to hold the upper and lower members in assembly. A buckle 22links ends of the band 21. The inner member 12 is provided with aplurality of spaced perforations through which heated dry air isdischarged when the hood is in use.

The inner member 12 is molded between an inner die 24 (FIG. 6) and anouter die 26 (FIG. 7). The inner die 24 has a main dome-shaped portion27 and an outer return bent flange 28 forming a slot 29 therebetween.The outer die 26 (FIG. 7) includes a dome-shaped body 31 complementaryto the dome-shaped portion of the inner die. The body 31 terminates inan annular flange 32 having a cylindrical inner face 33 and can fitinside the slot 29 of the inner die.

As shown in FIG. 2, the radius of curvature of the outer member 10 andthat of the return bent flange 19 are substantially equal so that thereturn bent flange is aligned with the outer wall of the outer memberwhen the inner and outer members are assembled as shown in FIG. 2.

The dryer hood construction illustrated in the drawings and describedabove is subject to structural modification without departing from thespirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A dryer hood which comprises an outer member of dome shape, a conduitcommunicating with the interior of the outer member through an openingtherein, an inner member including a main portion of dome shape, anintermediate portion of cylindrical shape, and a return bent flange,outwardly extending peripheral flanges on the outer and inner members,and means for linking the peripheral flanges to join the memberstogether and to form a cavity therebetween, the return bent flange ofthe inner member being aligned with the wall of the outer member, therebeing discharge openings in the inner member.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,185,487 5/1916 Eastman 24-681,943,579 1/1934 Blomquist 3499 2,541,205 2/1951 Christophersen 285-4103,171,428 3/1965 Bozeman 3499 X FREDERICK L. MATTESON, JR., PrimaryExaminer. JOHN J. CAMBY, Examiner. A. D. HERRMANN, Assistant Examiner.

